- YouTube has outlined new “repercussions” for egregious actions that harm the YouTube Community. The policy appears to be aimed at Creators who make a big negative splash, like Logan Paul. YouTube has emphasized that this is rare and the Creator’s videos and actions will be reviewed “in context”. Penalties include losing monetization and/or not having your videos recommended across the platform. This isn’t about free speech, it’s about not ruining the platform for the rest of us - most advertisers (and viewers) wouldn’t want to be associated with the site if it’s known for harassment or hateful behavior.
- Don’t have a Valentine’s day present for your sweetheart yet? Make them a Valentine’s Day movie in Google Photos. Google’s face recognition technology assembles a sweet movie of you and your boo, or if you aren’t in a romantic mood, your baby, cat, dog, mom or dad - see all the options by opening the Google Photos assistant, then clicking the Movie button.
- If you have a Pixel 2 phone, the photos you take via Snapchat, Instagram, WhatsApp or other apps should look a bit better, as Google is enabling HDR+ technology by turning on Pixel Visual Core.
- Just in time for the Olympics, Google introduced new winter sports Augmented Reality stickers for the Pixel and Pixel 2 Camera. Just open the Camera app, select AR mode and you will see the option to install the new stickers.
- Even if you don’t have a Pixel, you can play with AR stickers in the Android Motions Stills app.
- Google+ rolled out an update to the Android app. Notably the app has been rewritten using the latest Android app infrastructure, which will let new features be built on the latest technology. There are also a few feature updates, including a redesign of the image lightbox, and the ability to see and moderate spam comments on your posts.
- Google Drive now lets you comment directly on Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and PDFs.You can watch the Winter Olympics online, either on YouTube or using one of the official apps.
- There's a Starman waiting in the sky ... (28:28 and 3:21:00 are especially beautiful)
- If you missed the Super Bowl … ads, watch the fan favorites on YouTube.
Image: California skiing : Pixel camera photo with skier from the winter sports AR stickers. It’s warm and sunny, and the grass is very green.
Upcoming
- 12 February: Google+ #CreateConnections with Freya de Castelbajac
- 15 February: Chrome will remove all ads from sites that have a "failing" status in the Ad Experience Report for more than 30 days
- 20 February: If your channel doesn’t meet the new YouTube Partner Program requirements, ads will stop running on your videos
- 21 February: AdSense on Air: Combine AMP and PWA
- 22 February: AdWords Academy on Air: How to build a successful mobile strategy in 2018
- 23 February: Google Partners 'Discover' - Digital Transformation: Brand Solutions
- 28 February: YouTube Creator Community shut down completely
YouTube and Video Creation
- YouTube introduces penalties for "severe or egregious actions that cause significant harm to the YouTube community" (YouTube Creator Blog)
- About Logan Paul (Casey Neistadt)
- YouTube Temporarily Pulls All Ads From Logan Paul’s Channels, Citing Pattern Of “Damaging” Behavior (Tubefilter)
- YouTube News Flash: Super Chat for Good, free Digital Rights course, new Audio Library tracks and more (Creator Insider)
- New YouTube app for Apple TV (YouTube)
- CreatorsHub is a new Community for all Creators (Leo Wattenberg)
- Viacom Will Reportedly Acquire Online Video Gathering VidCon (Tubefilter)
Go Live
- Twitch Gets New Policies For Sexual Content and Harassment (Kotaku)
- Twitch Community Guidelines Updates (Twitch)
Google+
Other social media
- Facebook’s Rights Manager Now Protects Your Video on Instagram (Facebook Media blog)
- More than half of Facebook Instant Articles partners may have abandoned it (CJR)
- Snapchat knew its redesign could upset users - here’s why it did it anyway (The Independent)
- Twitter Made a Small Change to How It Shows Retweets. That’s Bad News for Bots (Slate)
- Russian Trolls Ran Wild On Tumblr And The Company Refuses To Say Anything About It (Buzzfeed)
Google Photos and Mobile Photography
- Create themed movies in Google Photos: Valentine's Day, "In Loving Memory", your baby growing up and more (Google Blog)
- Google is enabling HDR+ technology for photos taken via Snapchat, Instagram and other apps on the Pixel 2 (Google Blog)
- The Android Motion Stills app gets fun AR mode (Google Research blog)
- Google's new batch of winter sports AR Stickers for your Pixel will help you get into the spirit of the Winter Olympics (Google)
Google for businesses
- How to move your business to a new location in Google My Business (GMB forum)
- GoDaddy web hosting now integrated with Google My Business (Search Engine Land)
- Google Adds Q & A Notification Option to GMB (Mike Blumenthal)
Bloggers and Webmasters
- The Lighthouse Chrome extension now lets you run an SEO audit on any web page (Google Webmasters blog)
- Beginning in July 2018 with the release of Chrome 68, Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” (Chromium Blog)
- WordPress @ Google (MediaThoughts)
- Introducing Social Login for Bing Webmaster Tools (Bing Webmaster blog)
AdSense and advertising
- AdSense now supports Tamil • இப்போது AdSense தமிà®´் ஆதரிக்கிறது (Inside AdSense blog)
- AdSense on Air: Learn about Better Ads Standards (AdSense)
- An update to AdWords Event Ticket Reseller Policy (Inside AdWords blog)
Hangouts and Messaging
- Android Messages v2.9 prepares to launch Allo-like web interface, Google-enhanced chat features, and payments to businesses (Android Police)
Made by Google, Android, Project Fi
- Google is enabling HDR+ technology for photos taken via Snapchat, Instagram and other apps on the Pixel 2 (Google Blog)
- Nest to join forces with Google’s hardware team (Google Blog)
- Matt Rogers, co-founder of Nest, leaves Google (Android Police)
- How to sleep easier with Google Home’s white noise feature (The Verge)
Productivity
- Google Drive update: you can now comment on Microsoft files, pdfs and more (G Suite Updates)
- Grammarly patches bug that could expose everything you write (ENgadget)
- Planning travel on the go just got easier (Google Blog)
- A new year for Chrome video (Google Blog)
- You Can Now Mute Websites Forever in Chrome (Lifehacker)
- Stable Channel Update for Chrome OS (Chrome 64) (Chrome Releases)
- Apple HomePod review: locked in (The Verge)
Privacy and Security
- It’s Safer Internet Day: Google's tools to protect yourself online (Google Blog)
- Safer Internet Day: Teaching Children to Safely Engage Online and Supporting Parent Conversations (Facebook Newsroom)
- Politician Accidentally Doxes His Old Boss By Reading Encrypted Signal Messages in Front of a Bunch of Cameras (Motherboard)
More around the web
- At @SpaceX there must be many froods who really know where their towel is .. (Falcon Heavy test flight, Live view of Starman)
- The Incomplete Vision of John Perry Barlow (Slate)
- How Silicon Valley Came to Be a Land of ‘Bros’ (New York Times)
- Chinese police are using facial recognition sunglasses to track citizens (The Verge)
- Uber and Alphabet have settled their self-driving lawsuit with a $245 million equity payout (Recode)
- There Are 157 New Emojis. These Ones Are Actually Useful. (Slate)
- Google reaches agreement with Getty Images to display its content in Search (Android Police)
Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links.
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